Improvement in cartridge-boxes



A, DOMIS.

Cartridge Box.

Patented April '1, -1 862.

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UNITED STATES ADAM DOMIS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,820, dated April 1, 1862.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM DOMIS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cartridge- Oase; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical central section of my invention, taken in the plane indicated by the line 0c as, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line 1 y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters in both figures denote corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of a cylindrical revolving case, provided with a series of chambers to receive the cartridges, and furnished with a spring-stop, in combination with an outer cylinder furnished with one outlet-opening and with a series of recesses in its rim to receive the point of the spring-stop and to arrest the revolving case at the desired intervals in such a manner that by revolving the inner case one cartridge-chamber after the other can be brought before the outlet-opening in the outer cylinder to receive or discharge its cartridge, or that all the chambers can be brought in such a position that the same are closed by the rim of the outer cylinder, and that the cartridges in the same are fully protected and can conveniently be carried in the pocket.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

The case A, which may be made of sheetbrass or any other suitable material, has the form of a cylinder, and it is open at one end. Its interior is equally divided into a series of cylindrical chambersB, wide and deep enough to receive an ordinary cartridge for a revolver or other fire-arm, and the inner ends of these chambers are closed by the boss or hub O, that is firmly secured in the center of the case A. Between two of the chambers B a short tube D is inserted, which contains the spring stop a. This stop may be made of a simple cylindrical form, pointed at its outer end and acted upon by a spring b, or it may be constructed in any other desirable manner, The hub O is perforated in its center to receive the pivot c, and the case A is placed into the outer cylinder E, which is open on one end like the case A and made of the same material. The open end of the case A faces toward the bottom of the cylinder E, and the pivot c, which fits into the hub (3, passes through the center of the bottom of the cylinder E, which may be strengthened by a boss cl. A nut e, which secures the pivot c in its place, serves at the same time to hold together the case A and cylinder E.

The rim of the cylinder E is provided with a series of notches or cavities f, double in number to the chambers B and at equal distances apart, in such a position that on revolving the case A the spring-stop a catches in one of said cavities after the other. In place of one of the cavities, however, an opening g is made into the rim corresponding in size to the diameters of the chambers B and arranged in such a position that its center is in the same plane with the center lines of all the chambers.

A knob or handle F serves to rotate the case A. By turning said case one of the chambers after the other is brought opposite the outlet-opening g, so that a cartridge can be introduced, and by turning one notch farther all the chambers are closed, and the case, filled with cartridges, can now conveniently be carried in the pocket. If it is desired to take out one of the cartridges, the case is turned one notch, whereby one of the chambers is brought opposite the opening and the cartridge contained in said chamber can now be taken out. By these means the cartridges are fully protected while being carried in the pocket, and persons using revolvers or other fire-arms are enabled to provide themselves with a number of extra cartridges without encumbering themselves Witnesses:

R. GAWLEY, EDW. W. HODGSON. 

